The Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. hosts free concerts every night at 6pm ET,
sponsored by Target and Fannie Mae.
In most cases, tickets are not required.
All performances are broadcast live on the web and archived for later viewing.

Broadway Today & Tomorrow - 2010

As part of the Millenium Stage 13th Anniversary, the Kennedy Center
hosts a special series of Broadway Today & Tomorrow events from
February 8 to February 13, 2010. Each night features Broadway composers talking about their work and
performing their songs with the help
of some of Broadway's best singers.
This is part of the Kennedy Center's initiative "Broadway: The Third Generation",
which celebrates current and rising Broadway composers.

Monday, February 8, 2010
Peter Mills / Matt Cavenaugh / Kate Baldwin

Composer/lyricist Mills recently wrote music and lyrics for a critically acclaimed bluegrass adaptation
of J.M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World set in 1930s Appalachia.
Cavenaugh created roles in the original musicals Grey Gardens and A Catered Affair.
He is currently playing Tony in Arthur Laurent's revival of West Side Story.
Baldwin made her Broadway debut in the 2000 production of The Full Monty.
She went on to perform in Thoroughly Modern Millie,
Wonderful Town, and Finian's Rainbow. Allison Seidner is on cello.

In the table below, the first start time is for Pete's introduction of each song
and the second is the start time of the performance.

Start Times

Description

00:00

Introductions

01:15 / 01:45

Matt Cavenaugh and Kate Baldwin sing a duet of "Let's Don't" from The Pursuit of Persephone

Composer/lyricist Oliver is a 2009 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient.
Actor Johnson is understudying in the hit revival of Hair on Broadway.
Brightman is currently playing Boq in Broadway’s Wicked.
Mendez just completed the Off-Broadway run of The Marvelous Wonderettes.
Sharon Kenny is on piano, Jeremy Yaddaw on drums and Allison Seidner on cello.
Matthew Murphy is on location to make Ryan happy.

In the table below, the first start time is for Ryan's introduction of each song
and the second is the start time of the performance.

The up-and-coming songwriting team is behind the new musical Add Me!,
as well as a new musical adaptation of Peter Pan. They're joined by singers
Baraka May and Mazie Wilson. Allison Seidner is on cello; Joshua Samuels on drums.

In the table below, the first start time is for Jordan's introduction of each song
and the second is the start time of the performance.

Start Times

Description

00:00

Welcome

01:15 / 02:05

Jordan Beck and Jonathan May sing "We're Cousins," composed to open the show

04:40 / 6:10

Baraka May sings "A Little Tude"

9:05 / 10:10

Baraka sings "The Girl Inside" and "The Girl Inside (Reprise)" from Peter Pan

A two-time winner of the Jonathan Larson Award for Excellence in Writing,
Vigoda performs with her husband and longtime collaborator Milburn; both are members of the trio Groovelily.

In the table below, the first start time is for the introduction of each song
and the second is the start time of the performance. (In one case, the song starts during the
introduction, so only one time is given.)

Start Times

Description

00:00

Welcome

01:05 / 01:55

Brendan Milburn sings "No Room in Your Bag" with Valerie Vigoda, a song from their band Groovelily

07:25 / 8:30

Valerie sings "Snow Song" from Striking Twelve

12:30

Brendan sings "Screwed Up People Make Great Art" from Striking Twelve

18:10 / 19:20

Brendan sings "Only a King" with Valerie from Sleeping Beauty Wakes

23:05 / 24:00

Valerie sings "Uninvited" from Sleeping Beauty Wakes

27:45 / 29:30

Valerie and Brendan sing "It Happens in a Moment" about a blind date from Long Story Short

33:40 / 34:10

Valerie and Brendan sing "There She Goes" from Long Story Short

38:20 / 38:55

Valerie and Brendan sing "Still Love", a song about getting old from Long Story Short

42:00 / 43:10

Valerie and Brendan sing "One Toy" from Toy Story

46:20 / 47:00

Valerie sings "Make a Little Noise" from Toy Story

49:15 / 50:55

Valerie sings "If You Believe" with Brendan, originally written for the film Tinkerbell

54:15 / 55:30

Brendan and Valerie close with "I Dare Say I'm In Love" from Sleeping Beauty Wakes